Bentley’s SUV Plans Slow to a Crawl

Bentley Motors’ plans to add a sport-utility vehicle to its range of luxury limousines and coupes are in limbo, more than a year after executives showed off a concept version of the car.

Despite strong global demand for upmarket SUVs and expectations the car would go into production soon, the U.K.-based auto maker still hasn’t got the green light from Volkswagen AG, the German company that has owned Bentley since 1998.

A tussle over whether the SUV could best be manufactured at Bentley’s factory in the U.K. or in a Volkswagen luxury-car plant in Slovakia is one reason, according to labor unions at both of the facilities.

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